page_title: Nicolai Eigtved
section_title: Youth and early training
hierarchical_section_title: Nicolai Eigtved / Youth and early training
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: 29.06.2008 01097 Dresden-Innere Neustadt, Palaisplatz: Japanisches Palais (GMP: 51.059854,13.737701). Heutiger Bau 1727-1733, Matthäus Pöppelmann. Sicht vom Palaisplatz. [DSCN33249.TIF]20080629015DR.JPG(c)Blobelt
context_page_description: Nicolai Eigtved, also known as Niels Eigtved was a Danish architect. He introduced and was the leading proponent of the French rococo or late baroque style in Danish architecture during the 1730s–1740s. He designed and built some of the most prominent buildings of his time, a number of which still stand to this day. He also played an important role in the establishment of the Royal Danish Academy of Art, and was its first native-born leader.
context_section_description: He was born Niels Madsen on the farm in the village of Egtved in the parish of Haraldsted on the island of Zealand, Denmark to Mads Nielsen and Dorthe Hansdatter. He was trained locally as a gardener, and was promoted to a position at the Frederiksberg Palace Gardens ca. 1720. In July 1723 he got an opportunity to travel out of the country as a royal gardening apprentice. He travelled to Berlin and Dresden, among other places in Germany, earned his keep with jobs as a gardener, and learned to speak German.
caption: Japanisches Palais in Dresden
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